You can have it automatically check for updates by un-commenting and/or setting Interval.Alternatively you can manually run the new command motd.sync which is available via the UserCmd palette as Sync MOTD.You can access these commands by pressing ctrl+.,ctrl+c / super+.,super+c

It sends the following data to the url https://api.margo.sh/motd.json:

current editor plugin name e.g. ?client=gosublime — this tells us which editor plugin's changelog to check

current editor plugin version e.g. ?tag=18.09.14-1 — this allows us to determine if there are any updates

whether or not this is the first request of the day e.g. ?firstHit=1 — this allows us to get an estimated count of active users without storing any personally identifiable data